Godsjewel
Pregnant w/ triplets!
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Hi! My name is Sarah and I'm thrilled to be able to share what the Lord has and is doing in my life.
Almost 6 years ago, during a camping trip when I forgot my birth control pills, my husband and I decided to stop taking the pills and leave it up to God's will for us to have children. I have a beautiful daughter named Taylor, from my husband, who I call my own...but I really desired to have one myself, to experience pregnancy and all the joys that come with it.
Here is a quick timeline of my journey...
Aug 2007- Prayed and believed God's will be done in our family.
Jan 2009- Went for a pap smear and told the Dr our concern of not conceiving. She went on to say a healthy couple will conceive within a year, well it was past a year for us and we didn't really have a clue what to do next.
Apr 2009- I woke up with a sharp pain on my right side, it hurt so bad it brought me to tears. I called the doctor and scheduled an appointment. She did an ultrasound and found a big cyst on my right ovary and believed the pain was from one that possibly popped. From there she believed I had endometriosis, but said they couldn't diagnose it until they did a laparoscopy. So for now she wanted to run other tests.
May 2009- A lot of blood work, which came back normal.
June 2009- Semen analysis, normal
Apr-Sep 2009- Charting and ovulations kits, normal
Sep 2009- HSG, tubes were clear
Oct 2009- Laparoscopy, found out I had stage 2 endometriosis and cysts on my right ovary.
Nov 2009- Recovering from surgery and Dr said she cleared out all the endo and took out the cysts and we should start trying again.
Dec 2009-Jan 2011- Tried a year on our own with ovulation kits with no luck. I've read so many success stories of women getting pregnant within the year after having a laparoscopy, but I didn't.
Apr 2011- First visit with a Fertility Specialist. He went over my chart and didn't really understand why I couldn't conceive when reading over my medical history, stated everything looked fine. We decided to do 2 IUI's before doing another laparoscopy.
Jun 2011- IUI, not pregnant
Jul 2011- IUI, not pregnant
Oct 2011- Laparoscopy, slight endometriosis, scar tissue and little cyst on right ovary. Dr said everything was cleaned out, looks great and doesn't see why I wouldn't conceive in the next couple of months.
Dec 2011- IUI with Clomid, not pregnant
Jan 2012- IUI with Clomid, not pregnant
Feb 2012- IUI with Clomid, not pregnant
Mar 2012- IUI with Femara, not pregnant
Apr-Jun 2012- Decided to take a break, was getting costly as my insurance only covered 50%. Also, Dr recommended IVF but insurance didn't cover it. It would cost between 15-20K.
Jul 2012- One last IUI with Femara, not pregnant.
Aug-Oct 2012- Cried out to God, wondering why this isn't working. Hubby and I decided we were not going to go back to the fertility clinic.
Nov 2012- Received my husband’s health benefit package from his work and found out that they cover 3 cycles of IVF with all the medications
Also, got a letter from my Fertility Specialist that he was retiring.
Jan 2013- 1st consult at the IVF Clinic. Dr said with my age and with putting back 2 embryos, my chances of conceiving was around 40%.
Feb 2013- Had to start off my IVF cycle on birth control pills.
March 2013- Started the stimulation medication,
March 13th- Egg retrieval day (17 eggs retrieved, 12 of them good quality)
March 16th- Embryo transfer (only 2 were good enough to transfer, which I like to think of it as God hand picking them for me).
March 27th- First pregnancy test, BFP! IVF Coordinator called at 1:50pm stating I was 4 weeks pregnant and was a little worried since my beta # was 38 and wanted me to re-test in 2 days.
March 29th- Another pregnancy test, beta came back at 98!
March 31st- Last pregnancy test, beta was 266!
April 10th- 6 week ultrasound, We have 1 baby on board. Everything looks normal at this stage.
I’m still in shock that I’m pregnant and randomly poas to see those 2 beautiful lines I’ve never seen in the 6 years of trying. God is good and I’m so blessed to have this miracle growing in my womb.
God has given us so much peace during this process and I give Him all the praise, glory and honor.
I will use this journal to update those who would like to follow me along on this amazing journey.
UPDATE: Sadly I ended up miscarrying this pregnancy at 9 weeks. I have hope that one day I will become pregnant again and see it all the way through to the delivery of a healthy baby.
On to cycle #2
Aug 2013- Started Stims
Aug 22- Egg retrieval (26 eggs retrieved, 18 fertilized)
Aug 27- Embryo transfer (transferred 2 Grade A Blastocyst embryos)
Sept 5- (Day after my 34th birthday) Pregnancy test- BFP!!! Beta# 184
Sept 7- Beta# 455
Sept 19- 6 week ultrasound showed 2 pregnancy sacs, one was smaller than the other. Dr gave the small one 50% chance of making it.
Oct 3- 8 week ultrasound. We found out that the small one did not make it and the other baby had a heartbeat of 112 and is measuring a week behind. We will go in on Oct 10th to see how the baby progresses
Oct 10- 9 week ultrasound. We lost our precious baby
Dec 1st- We had our 3rd egg retrieval. Retrieved 18 eggs and 9 were fertilized.
Dec 4th- We transferred 3 beautiful embryos
Dec 15th- BFP, 1st beta #'s came back at 370, 2nd beta was 970.
Dec 30th- We go in for our 6 week scan and find out all 3 have implanted and have heart beats.
Almost 6 years ago, during a camping trip when I forgot my birth control pills, my husband and I decided to stop taking the pills and leave it up to God's will for us to have children. I have a beautiful daughter named Taylor, from my husband, who I call my own...but I really desired to have one myself, to experience pregnancy and all the joys that come with it.
Here is a quick timeline of my journey...
Aug 2007- Prayed and believed God's will be done in our family.
Jan 2009- Went for a pap smear and told the Dr our concern of not conceiving. She went on to say a healthy couple will conceive within a year, well it was past a year for us and we didn't really have a clue what to do next.
Apr 2009- I woke up with a sharp pain on my right side, it hurt so bad it brought me to tears. I called the doctor and scheduled an appointment. She did an ultrasound and found a big cyst on my right ovary and believed the pain was from one that possibly popped. From there she believed I had endometriosis, but said they couldn't diagnose it until they did a laparoscopy. So for now she wanted to run other tests.
May 2009- A lot of blood work, which came back normal.
June 2009- Semen analysis, normal
Apr-Sep 2009- Charting and ovulations kits, normal
Sep 2009- HSG, tubes were clear
Oct 2009- Laparoscopy, found out I had stage 2 endometriosis and cysts on my right ovary.
Nov 2009- Recovering from surgery and Dr said she cleared out all the endo and took out the cysts and we should start trying again.
Dec 2009-Jan 2011- Tried a year on our own with ovulation kits with no luck. I've read so many success stories of women getting pregnant within the year after having a laparoscopy, but I didn't.
Apr 2011- First visit with a Fertility Specialist. He went over my chart and didn't really understand why I couldn't conceive when reading over my medical history, stated everything looked fine. We decided to do 2 IUI's before doing another laparoscopy.
Jun 2011- IUI, not pregnant
Jul 2011- IUI, not pregnant
Oct 2011- Laparoscopy, slight endometriosis, scar tissue and little cyst on right ovary. Dr said everything was cleaned out, looks great and doesn't see why I wouldn't conceive in the next couple of months.
Dec 2011- IUI with Clomid, not pregnant
Jan 2012- IUI with Clomid, not pregnant
Feb 2012- IUI with Clomid, not pregnant
Mar 2012- IUI with Femara, not pregnant
Apr-Jun 2012- Decided to take a break, was getting costly as my insurance only covered 50%. Also, Dr recommended IVF but insurance didn't cover it. It would cost between 15-20K.
Jul 2012- One last IUI with Femara, not pregnant.
Aug-Oct 2012- Cried out to God, wondering why this isn't working. Hubby and I decided we were not going to go back to the fertility clinic.
Nov 2012- Received my husband’s health benefit package from his work and found out that they cover 3 cycles of IVF with all the medications
Also, got a letter from my Fertility Specialist that he was retiring.Jan 2013- 1st consult at the IVF Clinic. Dr said with my age and with putting back 2 embryos, my chances of conceiving was around 40%.
Feb 2013- Had to start off my IVF cycle on birth control pills.
March 2013- Started the stimulation medication,
March 13th- Egg retrieval day (17 eggs retrieved, 12 of them good quality)
March 16th- Embryo transfer (only 2 were good enough to transfer, which I like to think of it as God hand picking them for me).
March 27th- First pregnancy test, BFP! IVF Coordinator called at 1:50pm stating I was 4 weeks pregnant and was a little worried since my beta # was 38 and wanted me to re-test in 2 days.
March 29th- Another pregnancy test, beta came back at 98!
March 31st- Last pregnancy test, beta was 266!
April 10th- 6 week ultrasound, We have 1 baby on board. Everything looks normal at this stage.
I’m still in shock that I’m pregnant and randomly poas to see those 2 beautiful lines I’ve never seen in the 6 years of trying. God is good and I’m so blessed to have this miracle growing in my womb.
God has given us so much peace during this process and I give Him all the praise, glory and honor.
I will use this journal to update those who would like to follow me along on this amazing journey.
UPDATE: Sadly I ended up miscarrying this pregnancy at 9 weeks. I have hope that one day I will become pregnant again and see it all the way through to the delivery of a healthy baby.
On to cycle #2
Aug 2013- Started Stims
Aug 22- Egg retrieval (26 eggs retrieved, 18 fertilized)
Aug 27- Embryo transfer (transferred 2 Grade A Blastocyst embryos)
Sept 5- (Day after my 34th birthday) Pregnancy test- BFP!!! Beta# 184
Sept 7- Beta# 455
Sept 19- 6 week ultrasound showed 2 pregnancy sacs, one was smaller than the other. Dr gave the small one 50% chance of making it.
Oct 3- 8 week ultrasound. We found out that the small one did not make it and the other baby had a heartbeat of 112 and is measuring a week behind. We will go in on Oct 10th to see how the baby progresses
Oct 10- 9 week ultrasound. We lost our precious baby
Dec 1st- We had our 3rd egg retrieval. Retrieved 18 eggs and 9 were fertilized.
Dec 4th- We transferred 3 beautiful embryos
Dec 15th- BFP, 1st beta #'s came back at 370, 2nd beta was 970.
Dec 30th- We go in for our 6 week scan and find out all 3 have implanted and have heart beats.
When will you find out how many?
Baby Brown! We're all praying for you!
